September 29, 2015

Human beings are becoming better with the development of genetic engineering. But how will artificial intelligence improve and revolutionize? Yu Hu thinks it is impossible for artificial intelligence to complete the revolution of recognition, so it will be a long time before the computer can start a revolution.

Speaker:
Yu Hu, Senior Vice President & Dean of Research Institute of iFLYTEK

For decades science fiction movies have been imagining the future as one where humans talk to machines just as naturally as they speak to family and friends. In reality, however, using voice to interact with machines has been maddeningly frustrating, with Siri often mistaking “open up my email” for “look up some kale,” for example. This is changing. Increasingly the experience of speaking to your mobile device elicits genuine surprise when Siri or Google Now understands your request and seamlessly executes your request. Put simply, voice recognition in machines is getting very good and is going to get so good that it will completely change the way humans interact with their computing devices.

AI doesn’t change robots into human or humans into robots. AI is a tool used to expand our abilities; with AI we can do something which was impossible for us. The goal of AI is to help all the people improve their lives. The main characteristics can be described in three areas. First, AI should have the ability of natural human-machine interaction. Second, AI should cover some simple automatic intelligence. For example, give you recommendations based on different situation. Finally, it should collect information in different areas.

How can robots understand and communicate with humans? Turing Robots can dictate speech into words, then interpret those words to useful information. They can search their “brain” and the internet for answers, then “speak” through their speaker. The most difficult part in this process is how to recognizing the words and translating it into useful information, known as semantic analysis. This talk will discuss how Turing Robots do semantic analysis.

Robots have been privileges of large corporations in the past due to capital-intensive R&D. Technological advancements and global investor support have opened new doors and created more opportunities for robots in different industries, spanning manufacturing, medical, military, social, and more. The keynote speech will cover innovations in the robotics industry from the past and the present and how the advancement will shape the future. Also covered will be the global trends and how the major countries are contributing to the robotics field.